Posted by andromeda on August 22, 2004, at 13:03:11
In reply to Re: half lifes » andromeda, posted by Larry Hoover on August 19, 2004, at 6:49:32
Hey Lar,
Thank you so much for your help with my questions. Your answers very helpful for me to understand better.
I am better able now to understand explanations of half lifes since taking some fish oil. Just seem a little sharper on my thinking and comprehension now.
I am in horticulture and I had to always tell customers to back off insceticides bc of the persistence of half lifes. So I think that was confusing me too.
I tried 2 capsules of fish oil for 2 days and had to back off to one a day. Was quite euphoric the first day and 2nd day turned irritable. Dreams were scary and had a hard time falling asleep. I started seeing detail better and colors were brighter and when that happened I knew it was working like Prozac/SSRI's for me. Didn't have the cotton mouth though. One capsule seems to keep me a little sharper even though I start rhyming to much and that is a sign for me to back off of it. Still am lethargic, apathetic and have a huge appetite.
I have to be a slow metabolizer. Your explanation explains things better for me. Thanks. It took me years to get the docs to listen to me and lower the doses. I cannot take Lortab, demerol, codeine nor morphine. I thought I was just allergic to them. Usually end up throwing pain killers up if given in pill form or if to large a dose. For pain I just prefer to go to sleep.
There were a lot of meds I took at regular doses and so that opens up a whole lot of new trials for me of trying them at lower doses. I always thought that just a low dose of lithium would be helpful. The therapuetic dose was horrible even though its not an antidepressant or pain killer.
I did go off my abilify before taking fish oil bc it didn't seem to be helping any. I added back in 25 mg of lamictal bc it does help with swings and migraines and for some reason allergies. Taking more lamictal than 25 mg does not help. May go ahead with the switch to low dose topamax to see if that will help with my ravenous appetite. Appetite seems to have increased with the fish oil even though it is only one capsule.
Now all I have to do is explain this all to my psychiatrist at the end of the month in 15 minutes or less.:-)
Thanks for your patience and understanding Larry.
Andromeda
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